Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

34 reviews

clo_l's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this book. 
I respect it for the fact that I am a mother to a baby, who struggles with postpartum depression & strongly feels that postpartum mental health should be talked about it more. I appreciate the struggles of motherhood being talking about, seen from both the viewpoints of Izzy & her mother.
This book was slow. So incredibly slow. I wanted to give up so many times. It felt boring, all these details and flashbacks and info that just drug on & on & on. It didn’t start getting good until the last like 70 pages? If it wasn’t for the sheer fact that I needed to know what happened to her son and that I hate not finishing books, I wouldn’t stopped reading like halfway through. 
I’m used to books taking the first half slow, to build up and the last half getting intense but I feel like this book never truly reached that part. I didn’t predict what happened, which is good but it still didn’t have that shock effect. 
Idk. I really really really wanted to love this book. To love Izzy. To connect deeper. But I just didn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Vomit, and Suicide

Includes mention of a stillbirth.

feralbookwife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Fast paced, solid mystery. Kept me guessing until the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Vomit, Blood, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Murder, Trafficking, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

annie_burns's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

exlibrissum's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Suicide

kathrynscovers's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Miscarriage

megpal26's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

wonderfulxwonderful's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Child death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Grief, and Infidelity

bookssupremacy8920's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infertility, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Drug use, Medical content, and Stalking

beccasherman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Infidelity

shutupiamreading's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Domestic thrillers aren’t my usual go-to when reading thrillers, but this book (in particular the audiobook) I very much enjoyed. While I’m not a fan of the crazy woman trope, it was actually handled quite well by the author. Also really enjoyed the dark, southern atmosphere. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Infidelity